A multiple layered wafer structure having, on a semiconductor substrate, a first dielectric layer, a single crystal semiconductor layer formed on the dielectric layer, a semiconductor nano-crystal layer formed on the single crystal semiconductor layer, and a second dielectric layer formed on the semiconductor nano-crystal layer. A laser is irradiated from the side of the second dielectric layer, to thereby separate the second dielectric layer from the others of the multiple layered wafer structure.
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1. A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device from a multiple layered wafer structure, wherein said multiple layered wafer structure includes, on a semiconductor substrate, a first dielectric layer, a single crystal semiconductor layer formed on the dielectric layer, a semiconductor nano-crystal layer formed on the single crystal semiconductor layer, and a second dielectric layer formed on the semiconductor nano-crystal layer, wherein laser irradiation is conducted from a side of the second dielectric layer, to thereby separate the second dielectric layer from other layers of the multiple layered wafer structure.
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Applicant claims foreign priority to Japanese Application No. 2003-091521 filed on Mar. 28, 2003, which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a semiconductor wafer having a multiple layered structure, and a semiconductor device manufactured using the same. In particular, it relates to a semiconductor device having the multiple layered structure that is a silicon on insulator (SOI) structure.
2. Description of Related Art
At present, lower power consumption and longer operation hours of portable information terminal devices in the semiconductor industry are demanded on the market. Above all, it is one of the most important tasks to reduce power consumption of semiconductor devices that compose portable information terminal devices. In recent years, the silicon on insulator (SOI) technique has been developed as a technique to lower the power consumption of semiconductor devices. According to this technique, a silicon oxide layer, that is a dielectric film, is embedded in a conductive silicon substrate wafer, thereby reducing leak current from a semiconductor device to the substrate and reducing parasitic capacitance of MOS transistors, to achieve a lower power consumption in a semiconductor device.
Methods for providing SOI wafers may be generally divided in two methods. One of them is an oxygen implantation method, which is called a SIMOX (Separation by Implanted Oxygen) method, and the other one is a lamination method in which two wafers are laminated by intermolecular force. As a result of recent research, both of the methods have been improved to a level where their quality does not affect the device characteristics. However, there are still problems yet to be resolved. In particular, in view of mass-production, the oxygen implantation method needs oxygen ions to be implanted in large quantities and for a long time, which leads to a problem of long processing hours for each wafer. On the other hand, the lamination method is superior because embedded dielectric films are formed by thermal oxidation, such that the processing time can be shortened compared to the oxygen implantation method. However, the following complex processes are required after lamination. One of them is a process that requires a separation step by hydrogen ion implantation and an etching-polishing step. Another is a process that requires steps of providing a porous layer with a reduced mechanical strength in the laminated wafer, and conducting separation by applying water pressure.
A process of conducting separation by application of water pressure is described below with reference to
This process requires a method for forming the porous silicon layer 10 that is mechanically weak on the support substrate 11 and the single crystal silicon layer 3 with good control, and a technique that converges water pressure on the thin porous silicon layer 10, which requires many complex mechanical devices. Also, at the time of separation with water pressure, since a uniform stress needs to be applied to the entire wafer, water pressure needs to be applied while the wafer is slowly rotated, which leads to a longer processing time for each wafer. The high level control, complex machinery, longer processing time increase the cost of each SOI wafer.
In view of the above, the present invention provides high quality SOI wafers at low cost, which do not require a high level control technique or long processing hours. Moreover, with low cost SOI wafers fabricated by the present invention, semiconductor devices, as well as portable information devices, with reduced power consumption are provided.
First, the present invention is characterized in that, with a multiple layered wafer structure having, on a semiconductor substrate, a first dielectric layer, a single crystal semiconductor layer formed on the dielectric layer, a semiconductor nano-crystal layer formed on the single crystal semiconductor layer, and a second dielectric layer formed on the semiconductor nano-crystal layer, a laser is irradiated from the side of the second dielectric layer, to thereby separate the second dielectric layer from the other layers of the multiple layered wafer structure.
Second, the present invention is characterized in that the multiple layered wafer structure is fabricated by: forming a single crystal or polycrystalline semiconductor layer on a second dielectric layer; changing the single crystal or polycrystalline semiconductor layer to a semiconductor nano-crystal layer by an anode formation method; heat treating a surface of the semiconductor nano-crystal layer in a hydrogen atmosphere; forming a semiconductor single crystal layer on the semiconductor nano-crystal layer; oxidizing a part of the surface of the semiconductor single crystal layer; laminating an oxide film on the surface of the single crystal semiconductor layer to another semiconductor substrate; and conducting heat treatment after the lamination step.
Third, the present invention is characterized in that the multiple layered wafer structure, when separated, assumes to be a silicon on insulator (SOI) structure.
Fourth, the present invention is characterized in that the second dielectric layer is a sapphire, a quartz or another light-transmissive dielectric substrate.
Fifth, the present invention is characterized in that the laser irradiation is conducted with an excimer laser.
Sixth, the present invention is characterized in that the step of forming the single crystal semiconductor layer on the semiconductor nano-crystal layer is conducted by one of a metal organic chemical vapor deposition method (MO-CVD method), a molecular beam epitaxial method (MBE method), and an ultra high vacuum chemical vapor deposition method (UHV-CVD method).
Seventh, the present invention pertains to all semiconductor devices that are manufactured by using any of the first through sixth semiconductor manufacturing methods recited above.
A general overview of the present invention is described with reference to
An embodiment example of the present invention is described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
In the present embodiment example, the process is conducted, using disilane gas (Si2H6) (in a flow rate of 20–30 sccm) at 800° C. for 8–10 minutes to obtain a single crystal silicon layer 3 of about 2000 Angstrom in thickness. The epitaxial growth of silicon described above may be conducted by a MO-CVD method or a MBE method, instead of the UHV-CVD method. Then, a half of the single crystal silicon layer 3 obtained is changed to a silicon oxide film 2 by thermal oxidation at 1000° C. (
The silicon oxide film 2 and the surface of the silicon substrate 1 are bonded by intermolecular force, and a heat treatment is conducted at 1000° C. or higher in order to further strengthen the bonding. Laser light in an ultraviolet region is irradiated from the sapphire substrate side 5 on the wafer structure whose bonding is strengthened (
The use of the manufacturing method described above makes unnecessary the technique that forms a separation layer having a low mechanical strength or the high level control technique for converging water pressure at a separation layer having a low mechanical strength from the wafer side surface. Also, the means for separation is provided by laser beam, such that the wafer processing time is shortened. Accordingly, low cost SOI wafers can be provided.
By using the semiconductor manufacturing method according to the present invention, high quality SOI wafers that can be processed in a short time can be provided without requiring complex mechanical apparatuses of high controllability. Accordingly, low cost semiconductor devices using the SOI can be provided, and lower power consumption of portable information devices can be achieved.
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